10 Tweets

Here is last weekend's sermon in 10 Tweets, "Who Do You Day That I Am?" (Healing the Blind Man), Mark 8:16-37, Series: Marvels & Wonders: A Study of the Miracles of Jesus

1/ When listening to advice the brain is "napping" acc to brain scans. It lights up with engaging questions.

2/ Jesus asks 15 questions in Mark 8. All leading to the conclusion of "lesson 1" for the disciples regarding who Jesus is.

3/ "Do you not yet understand?" He's the provider. He can make bread. Yes, but why can he do this? Who is he?

4/ "Do you see anything?" is directed at the blind man AND the disciples.

5/ "Who do people say that I am?" They don't quite get it. The people see Jesus as the blind man saw men as trees, walking.

6/ "But who do you say that I am?" You can almost see the new circuits light up as Peter gets it for the first time. "You are the Christ."

7/ Jesus is the Savior Messiah, but that's only part one of the story. So many people are missing the rest of the story.

8 Jesus drops the bombshell for the first time: I must suffer and die and rise. Peter rebukes him. What does that look like?

9/ Jared Wilson: "When you seek to have Christ w/out taking his cross, you are not aligning with Christ but with the Devil."

10/ Don't be surprised by suffering. Don't be satisfied with suffering. Din't lose sight of your true hope in suffering.

One More Thing

Hi Five Oakers, The weekend is almost here and there are a few things I want to share with you:

The Weekend Sermon

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FYI

William Doino Jr.  on "Joy in Chastity: A Review of The Thrill of the Chaste"

Chastity—not to be confused with celibacy, as it often is—means a total commitment to Christ, and self-mastery over one’s desires, whether one is single or married, female or male, religious or secular. It means leading a life of virtue and sacrifice, in charity and gratitude, for the glory of God. ...Eden describes God’s design for human sexuality, why sex is reserved for marriage, the importance of modesty, how singles struggling with loneliness and unrequited love can empower themselves through prayer and the sacraments, and why shared values with one’s spouse are so vital for a successful marriage.

Elizabeth Dias on "How Evangelicals Are Changing Their Minds on Gay Marriage"

Plus, Moore says, for evangelicals to keep views that are out-of-step with societal changes is par for the course. “We believe even stranger things than that,” he says. “We believe a previously dead man is going to arrive in the sky on a horse.”

One More Thing

Dallas Willard:

“The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified as ‘Christians’ will become disciples – students, apprentices, practitioners – of Jesus Christ, steadily learning from him how to live the life of the Kingdom of the Heavens into every corner of human existence.”